List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Libya

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Libya is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Libya, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Tripoli.

As of 4 August 2014 ^[update] the British Embassy in Tripoli suspended operations due to renewed civil war in Libya. The ambassador and staff operate from Tunisia for the time being. ^[1]

In September 2021, Caroline Hurndall MBE became the first female British Ambassador to Tripoli, replacing Nicholas (Nick) Hopton.

Consul-General in Tripoli

• 1677–1685: Thomas Baker ^[2]
• 1 April 1894: Thomas Sampson Jago ^[3]

Ambassadors

• 1952–1954: Alec Kirkbride
• 1955–1959: Walter Graham ^[4]
• 1959–1961: Derek Riches ^[5]
• 1962–1963: Andrew Stewart ^[6]
• 1964–1969: Roderick Sarell ^[7]
• 1969–1970: Donald Maitland ^[8]
• 1970–1974: Peter Tripp ^[9]
• 1974–1976: Donald Murray ^[10]
• 1977–1980: Anthony Williams
• 1980–1983: Michael Edes ^[11]
• 1984: Oliver Miles

Diplomatic relations were broken over the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher in 1984. Britain and Libya resumed diplomatic relations in July 1999. ^[12]

• 1999–2002: Richard Dalton ^[13]
• 2002–2006: Anthony Layden ^[14]
• 2006–2010: Vincent Fean ^[15]
• 2010–2011: Richard Northern ^[16]

From March to October 2011 the British Embassy in Tripoli was closed due to the Libyan Civil War.

• 2011 Oct–Nov: Sir John Jenkins ^[17]
• 2011–2012: Sir Dominic Asquith
• 2013–2015: Michael Aron ^[18]
• 2015–2018: Peter Millett ^[19]
• 2018–2019: Frank Baker ^[20]
• 2019–2019: Martin Reynolds ^{[21] [22]}
• 2019–2021 Nicholas Hopton ^{[23] [24]}
• 2021–2023: Caroline Hurndall ^[25]
• 2023–present ^[update] : Martin Longden ^[26]

References

1. Britain to close embassy and withdraw staff from Libya, The Guardian, London, 2 August 2014
2. Dyer, Mark; Baker, Thomas; Pennell, C.R. (1990). "Piracy and Diplomacy in Seventeenth-Century North Africa: The Journal of Thomas Baker, English Consul in Tripoli, 1677-1685". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 23 (2): 330. doi:10.2307/219356.
3. "No. 26500". The London Gazette . 3 April 1894. p. 1882.
4. "GRAHAM, Walter Gerald Cloete". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
5. "RICHES, Sir Derek (Martin Hurry)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
6. "STEWART, Andrew Charles". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
7. "Sir Roderick Sarell obituary". Daily Telegraph. 22 November 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
8. "MAITLAND, Sir Donald (James Dundas)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
9. "TRIPP, (John) Peter". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
10. "MURRAY, Sir Donald (Frederick)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
11. "EDES, (John) Michael". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
12. "British-Libyan Relations". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
13. "DALTON, Sir Richard (John)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
14. "LAYDEN, Anthony Michael". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
15. "British Ambassador to Libya". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
16. "Our Ambassador" . Retrieved 26 March 2011.
17. Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, press release, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 17 October 2011
18. Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 14 January 2013
19. Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 10 April 2015
20. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 8 February 2018.
21. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 4 April 2019.
22. "Martin Reynolds". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
23. "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
24. Hopton, Nicholas (9 October 2019). "A letter to all Libyans | Foreign Office Blogs" . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
25. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya: Caroline Hurndall MBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
26. "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Libya: Martin Longden". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

External links

• British Embassy Tripoli